StrawHat
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I make cold brew coffee in a French press. If I get grounds anywhere but the bottom of the pot, I know where to place the blame.
Kevin
Kevin
Oh man........ one of those mornings......
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StrawHat
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May I suggest a fruit drink instead of coffee in the morning? Smirnoff Ice coolers are great. Seagrams coolers have a nice taste. Just one, though, then go for the caffienated beverage of your choice. Actually, wife usually makes the coffee. If I do, it's because I set it up the night before.
My morning was fine yeaterday. Then right after lunch it took a nose dive. I was out in the shop making a top plate so my stove top espresso maker would sit on one of those single burners that screws on top of a small bottle. Got careless with a 6" .045 disk on a grinder and nicked my left fore finger good. Bleeding like a stuck hog. Go in the house and find the girls had used up all the band-aids etc. Toilet paper and electrical tape. I was going to hit the store, but was setup to get a pneumonia shot at VA clinic so thought I would get the nurse there to tape it up. They decide I need stitches, so off to local emergency room after my shot. Nurse got me in a room and took my vitals and then asked if I wanted anything while I waited. I jokingly said Ice cream. She was back in a few minutes with a cup of vanilla and one of strawberry. Ate those to ease the pain. Then the Dr come looks it over, cleans it up, ow, then sticks a needle in it several times to numb it up OW. 3 stitches and a enough bandage to make my finger about an 1 1/2" in diameter, a visit with the billing dept and out the door I go.
By the time I finally get back home and explain to wife it is almost 4pm
5 PM fire up the BBQ and toss on some huge ribs from my cow. Toward the end BBQ is smokin cause of the fat dripping off. Dummy me I open the lid with face right there and it flares up and singes my left eyebrow near off as well as trimming some hair. Good eating though.
Then my arm and body started aching from the shot which almost never happens with me.
Could have been worse
Today is a new day and it is supposed to be in the high 40s
By the time I finally get back home and explain to wife it is almost 4pm
5 PM fire up the BBQ and toss on some huge ribs from my cow. Toward the end BBQ is smokin cause of the fat dripping off. Dummy me I open the lid with face right there and it flares up and singes my left eyebrow near off as well as trimming some hair. Good eating though.
Then my arm and body started aching from the shot which almost never happens with me.
Could have been worse
Today is a new day and it is supposed to be in the high 40s
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The wife and I would need 4 or 5 "K cup equivalents" for the morning. We use a WalMart "filter cup" with a fine mesh. There is a bit more "fine grinds" in the bottom of the cup, a small trade off. She fires up the pot when she gets up @ 4:15 am for work. When I get up at 8, all the unnecessary water is steamed out of my half. I'm already on my 2nd 16 oz cup and can feel the pipes opening slowly in my head. Joe
They'd break the bank with the rate I'd go through them. No thanks. And you can't "adjust" to taste either.
Personal opinion alert:
K-cups are not truly "coffee"
Grinding whole beans is worth the expense/effort
Eight o'Clock brand whole bean is the best store bought coffee
and, most importantly,
IT DOES NOT TAKE AS MUCH WATER TO MAKE COFFEE AS SOME PEOPLE THINK!
K-cups are not truly "coffee"
Grinding whole beans is worth the expense/effort
Eight o'Clock brand whole bean is the best store bought coffee
and, most importantly,
IT DOES NOT TAKE AS MUCH WATER TO MAKE COFFEE AS SOME PEOPLE THINK!
Who is this "we" of whom you speak? Some of us do worship The Divine Bean, y'know! 
It's just gone 7 am here so am about to do my morning meditation "by the dawn's early light"
Well, as the Romans used to say:
(Can't post a translation or I'd get infracticated.)
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LVSteve
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I thought the Divine Bean was soaked in tomato sauce and came in a Heinz tin.
I don't buy commercial coffee. I buy unroasted beans and take care of the roasting myself. Full disclosure: I am a coffee snob. Not the stereotypical coffee snob, I think.... I hope.... But I enjoy excellent coffee and my own homeroast beats anything else I've tasted. IMNHO of course.
With that said, a bad cup in the morning won't ruin my day. There are plenty of other things to ruin one's day and I'm thankful they're rare occurrences.
OP
Ahhhaaaaaaa......
Tue. 7:03 am............... much better !!
Everyone have a great day.
Tue. 7:03 am............... much better !!
Everyone have a great day.
steelslaver;141385750 Could have been worse /QUOTE said:You are correct and since it wasn't worse that's good. You got 2 free cups of ice cream and that's good. It's not what happens too you but how you react too what happens too you.
I used to keep a box of gauze and a roll of duct tape in the glovebox of my truck
Had one of those 2am headaches that just wont let go. Head to the kitchen Cabinet and find the bottle of aspirin never been opened, pull off the plastic cap and just at I pull off that foil from the lid i lost my grip the bottle bounces off the counter top and wala 500 of those buggers scatter faster than kids after dinner... still finding them in places i never knew existed ..
Rob
Rob
I used to keep a box of gauze and a roll of duct tape in the glovebox of my truck
I do keep a large elastic bandage in my trucks glove compartment. Forgot about that and it would have been serious over kill for my finger. Always electric and duct tape in shop and plenty of shop rags
My skin has so old and thin that everything I touch makes me bleed so I carry band aids in my billfold. Larry
Chubbo
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Oh man......
This isn’t about coffee, but it’s along those same lines.
My favorite taste is, Green, stuffed, processed olives.
During a sleepless night, last night, it occurred to me that I had not eaten olives, in quite a long time. After what seemed an hour, an unopened quart of green, stuffed, olives were finally located, stored in the bottom of a kitchen cupboard. What seemed an hour, I spent, trying to open them. When the lid of that quart jar finally popped opened, out spilled what seemed to be a gallon of olives, and juice, onto the kitchen cabinets, and floor. By the time that mess was cleaned up, most of the night was spent, and I’d lost my craving for olives.
What a waste of time, energy, olives, and olive juice!
This isn’t about coffee, but it’s along those same lines.
My favorite taste is, Green, stuffed, processed olives.
During a sleepless night, last night, it occurred to me that I had not eaten olives, in quite a long time. After what seemed an hour, an unopened quart of green, stuffed, olives were finally located, stored in the bottom of a kitchen cupboard. What seemed an hour, I spent, trying to open them. When the lid of that quart jar finally popped opened, out spilled what seemed to be a gallon of olives, and juice, onto the kitchen cabinets, and floor. By the time that mess was cleaned up, most of the night was spent, and I’d lost my craving for olives.
What a waste of time, energy, olives, and olive juice!
